References & Sources  -  August 1, 1998

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Local temperatures dance to global beat

The correlation between air temperatures from one day to the next declines at an identical rate for different places around the world, suggesting a fundamental, planet-wide influence.

References:

Koscielny-Bunde, E., A. Bunde, et al. 1998. Indication of a universal persistence law governing atmospheric variability. Physical Review Letters 81(July 20):729.

Further Readings:

Peterson, I. 1996. Trails of the wandering albatross. Science News 150(Aug. 17):104.

______. 1996. The shapes of cities. Science News 149(Jan. 6):8.

Sources:

Armin Bunde
Universität Giessen
Institut für Theoretische Physik III
D-35392, Giessen
Germany

Klaus Hasselmann
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum
Bundesstrasse 55
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany

Eva Koscielny-Bunde
Universität Giessen
Institut für Theoretische Physik III
D-35392, Giessen
Germany

H. Eugene Stanley
Boston University
Department of Physics
Center for Polymer Studies
590 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

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